tj rear leaf conversion

tjrider · 07-21-2012, 05:09 PM

Well my thought was..... long arm the front and leaf the rear to eliminate the 4" short arm I have now. I just need it to behave better off-road. I got a HP30 for the front, so I was planning to just get a front radius arm kit and do something different in the back

tjrider · 07-21-2012, 05:11 PM

Question; can you run just a front antirock and take the rear sway bar off?

twiztedzuki · 07-21-2012, 05:36 PM

i alway ran just antirock on rear and non in front, so i would think it help out greatly no matter the placement. to me leaf springs are moving backwards performance wise

biggin69 · 07-21-2012, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowjacket

antirock bar be only a fraction of the $ of a rear leaf conversion...just sayin..

but a couple years ago I read some reviews of a tj rear leaf kit and it was very positive iirc

Ed Zackery my point.

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Originally Posted by tjrider

Well my thought was..... long arm the front and leaf the rear to eliminate the 4" short arm I have now. I just need it to behave better off-road. I got a HP30 for the front, so I was planning to just get a front radius arm kit and do something different in the back

You could probably 4 link the rear for around the same as doing a leaf conversion.

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Originally Posted by tjrider

Question; can you run just a front antirock and take the rear sway bar off?

Absolutly!

I am pretty sure the make a tj specific kit.

tjrider · 07-21-2012, 05:59 PM

The 8.8 is 4 linked already. Just wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the rear short arms. I'd rather build a kit than buy one. I was planning on using used DJ springs then just buy brackets

biggin69 · 07-21-2012, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tjrider

The 8.8 is 4 linked already. Just wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the rear short arms. I'd rather build a kit than buy one. I was planning on using used DJ springs then just buy brackets

Sounds like you have it all figured out. You will save some $$$ doing it yourself. Plenty of places offer coil brackets. Hell you could even stretch the rear if you wanted.

underpowered · 07-21-2012, 06:40 PM

guy on here, i thin he is Flatlander757 or something like that, has a TJ with 3 link front and uses rear XJ leaves on his TJ. i'd PM him and see what he has to say.

twiztedzuki · 07-21-2012, 07:18 PM

yeah instead of link suspension , id go leaves and revolver shackles, that b badass getup!

07-21-2012, 05:09 PM	#1
tjrider Join Date: May 2009 Location: fairfield Posts: 320	Well my thought was..... long arm the front and leaf the rear to eliminate the 4" short arm I have now. I just need it to behave better off-road. I got a HP30 for the front, so I was planning to just get a front radius arm kit and do something different in the back __________________ If you don't want it broke, don't let me drive it....

07-21-2012, 05:11 PM	#2
tjrider Join Date: May 2009 Location: fairfield Posts: 320	Question; can you run just a front antirock and take the rear sway bar off? __________________ If you don't want it broke, don't let me drive it....

07-21-2012, 05:36 PM	#3
twiztedzuki Join Date: May 2008 Location: Waverly ohio Posts: 586	i alway ran just antirock on rear and non in front, so i would think it help out greatly no matter the placement. to me leaf springs are moving backwards performance wise __________________ SMITH BUILT PERIOD

07-21-2012, 05:59 PM	#5
tjrider Join Date: May 2009 Location: fairfield Posts: 320	The 8.8 is 4 linked already. Just wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the rear short arms. I'd rather build a kit than buy one. I was planning on using used DJ springs then just buy brackets __________________ If you don't want it broke, don't let me drive it....

07-21-2012, 06:40 PM	#7
underpowered They call me......Scuba Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Burlington, KY Posts: 292	guy on here, i thin he is Flatlander757 or something like that, has a TJ with 3 link front and uses rear XJ leaves on his TJ. i'd PM him and see what he has to say. __________________ beat up rusted out k5

07-21-2012, 07:18 PM	#8
twiztedzuki Join Date: May 2008 Location: Waverly ohio Posts: 586	yeah instead of link suspension , id go leaves and revolver shackles, that b badass getup! __________________ SMITH BUILT PERIOD